Hand-cultivator.



PATENTED NOV. 28, 1905.

P. P. MARSHALL. HAND GULTIVATOR.

APPLIOATIION 1 11.31) we, 21. 1905.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIQE.

PHILIP P. MARSHALL, F BELLGROVE, IDAHO.

HAND-OULTIBVATOR.

f tor. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail top plan view illustrative of the manner in which the teeth are connected to the frame; and Figs. 3 and 4 are detail sections taken in the planes indi- I forward ends of the frame-bars a; and has for,

cated by the lines 3 3 and, 4: 4., respectively, of Fig. 2. Similar letters designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings, referring to which A is the main frame of the cultivator. This frame is preferably made of wood and comprises forwardly-converging side bars a, a rear cross-bar 6, fixed to the. side bars and having handles 0 extending beyond the same, and a forward cross-bar d, interposed between and fixed to the forward portions of the side bars.

Bis a wheel which is mounted between the its purpose to support the forward portion of the cultivator and render easy the movement of the same over the ground, and (J, O, and C are teeth, .of which'three are preferably employed. These teeth are formed of thin strips of steel or other suitable material, and hence are-highly resilient and adapted to give and move over stones, stumps, roots, and other obstructions in their paths without liability of being broken. The said teeth are preferably of different lengths in about the proportions shown and extend re arwardly from the upper side of the forward cross-bar (Z of frame A and then downwardly and forwardly, so that their points rest in about the same horizontal plane as illustrated.

In. fixedly connecting the forward portions of the spring-teeth to the frame-bar d I make use of the plate D, the bolts E, and the shackles F. (Best shown in Figs. 2 to 4.) The Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed August 21, 1906'. Serial No. 275,048;

Patented Nov. 28, 1905.

plate D is disposed below the bar 03, and the bolts E are passed downwardly through the teeth, the bar cl, and the plate D in the order named, while the shackles F are arranged to straddle the teeth immediately in rear of the bolts and have their legs passed downwardly through the bar (Z and the plate D. Below the plate D nuts 6 are arranged on the bolts and the legs of the shackles, and hence it will be observed that while the teeth are securely and strongly connected to the frame A any one of the teeth may be readily removed when worn or broken and replaced with a new tooth be observed that any one of the teeth may be readily replaced with a new tooth without enwithout affecting the other teeth. It will also In the practical use of the cultivator the operator grasps the handle 0 and pushes the cultivator before him to and fro over the area to be cultivated. When this is done, it will be observed that the teeth will lightly work the soil, and this without liability of the teeth beclaim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

In a hand-cultivator, the combination with a frame comprising forwardly-converging side bars, a rear cross-bar fixed to ,the side bars and having handles extending beyond the'same,

and a forward cross-bar interposed between and fixed to the forward portions of the side bars; of a supporting-wheel mounted between the forward ends of the side bars of the frame,

light, spring-teeth having their forward portions arranged on the upper side of the forward cross-bar of the frame, and. extending rearwardly from said cross-bar and then downwardly and forwardly, a plate disposed at the under side of the forward cross-bar of the frame, bolts passed downwardly through the springs, the forward cross-bar of the frame and the plate in the order named, shackles disposed in rear of the bolts and straddling my hand in presence of two subscribing witthe sprmgs and having their legs passed downnesses.

wardly through the forward frame-bar and the plate, and nuts mounted on the lower ends PHILIP MARSHALL 5 of the bolts and the lower ends of the legs of Witnesses: I the shackles. A. GRANTI-IAM, 1 In testimony whereof I have hereunto set GEORGE HOWELL. 

